A/N: Second one today!

Prompt #42: 8/19/17

369 words, according to Google docs.

He was sitting in a cloud, he noticed - a very soft, white cloud. Sighing, he leaned back and momentarily shut his eyes. It was a nice dream this time - the first nice one in a while. He meant to enjoy it as much as possible.

But wait - what was that? An insistent pounding gradually strengthened - he frowned, sitting up. This sound didn't belong in his dream at all. Where -

He woke up with a start. The pounding which he'd heard in his dream turned out to be knocking - very loud knocking, he thought irritably - and on his door to boot. Maybe if he stayed silent his flatmate would think he was still asleep and stop bothering him. Wishful thinking, he admitted. Ginny Weasley was never one to take a hint. However, he paused his train of thought as the knocking ceased. Had she really? -

BANG. He instinctively flinched, half lifting his coverlet to shield his face. When he ventured out from behind it, he observed with some annoyance that the object of his irritation was currently standing triumphantly amid the wreckage of his door, tucking her wand back into a pocket.

"Rise and shine, grumpy!" she called cheerfully as she stepped out of the wooden remains and pulled the blanket out of his limp grasp. He feebly attempted a few snatches at the fabric but failed miserably.

"Give that back," he snapped, flopping back down on his remaining bedsheets. "You're not playing fair at all."

"Life isn't fair, Malfoy," Ginny responded. "Now get your arse out of that bed before I get it out for you. We're having lunch with Luna, or have you forgotten?"

"What time?"

"One. It's eleven now, so you'd better get ready. I know how long it takes for you to pick out clothes." This cheeky comment was met with an accurately thrown pillow, and Draco smirked in smug satisfaction at her yelp.

"I do not," he said imperiously, sitting up at last. "Now, please leave so I can dress." His eyes followed her as she flounced out the room, pillow discarded on the ground. His smirk widened as she repaired the door.

His flatmate was a nuisance, but she could be useful at times.